OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816876
BRAKE,CONSTRUCTION,RUN OVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE RUN OVER AND KILLED BY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a front-end loader and back-hoe combination. As Employ ee #1 backed down a hill the equipment could not be stopped due to faulty brakes . The equipment rolled backwards at an increasing rate of speed. After the equip ment jumped a curb Employee #1 jumped from the equipment. The equipment changed direction because of the land topography and ran over the midsection of Employee #1 as he lay on the ground.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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